The world of an ant is a scary, dangerous place. All you want to do is get home to the safety of the anthill, but there are a multitude of dangers out there; ravenous predators, impossible chasms, careless humans, and a whole host of other dangers for a single member of the family formicidae who only wants to go home. At least, this is the premise for the charming new point-and-click game Hormiga Escape.

Designed by Federico Rutenberg, creator of the Esklavos series, Hormiga Escape is a short but fun little game that involves getting the titular hero home before he is eaten, drowned, crushed, or otherwise mangled by his environment. Not exactly an escape so much as a point-and-click adventure boiled down to a few quick minutes of gameplay. There's no changing scenery here, the ant is at the lower right of the screen and he wants to get to the anthill at the upper left. Simple.

Use the hand-shaped cursor to pick up or manipulate objects, or to nudge the little Hormiga (Spanish for ant) along. The only problem is the stubborn ant won't move forward if there's a deadly obstacle in the way, so it is up to you, brave gamer, to neutralize the danger so our little six-legged friend can make it home and live to menace picnics another day.

Hormiga Escape is one of those quirky little games that are easy on the eyes and the brain, a fun bite-sized little break from the day. With its lovely graphics, little animations, and kicking jazzy soundtrack (and even background and incidental noises as well), this shows that a lot of effort went into this amusing little adventure. There's not a lot of game here, but what there is is casual gameplay done right. Simple, elegant, easy on the eyes, and over quickly, Hormiga Escape is the perfect little gem to go with your early morning coffee, a quick five-minute workout for your brain to kick start the day. What are you waiting for? Help your little friend get home!

This gets a meh rating from me. It took me forever to get things to click correctly, which I found frustrating. I kept clicking a particular spot which finally caused what I want to happened and then I flew through it. I'd be willing to try a longer version (getting the ant maybe to some food and bringing it back.) But the controls need work. I also spent forever trying to figure out what I was supposed to do with the + button..

Not bad, short and can understand the frustrations, especially since the item blanks are strange for that throws you. But once I got the concept behind it the game went fairly smoothly.

For those frustrated:

Just remember that you have click around a good deal and that things aren't open to you unless you get the sequence correct. And note that you have to come back to the ant frequently to move it into a new sequence position, which then opens up other items to be clicked on, but yes there is only one item you need in your inventory

Why did they make a button that has no purpose, and is unusable because you only have ONE inventory item? If they made the game longer it would be a lot more enjoyable, because the + button would ACTUALLY have a purpose.

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